When mom Kimberly Smith started to experience chest pains she dismissed them because she thought there was nothing serious. However, If she hadn’t listened to her son, the results could have been tragic.
On March 2, 2017, Kimberly Smith, the single mom of three had a 4-week-old baby was experiencing shortness of breath and a crushing weight on her chest. At that time, all she wanted to do was rest.
Fortunately, her 9-year-old son Camdyn came home from school and then saw his mom holding her chest in pain. The boy knew he needed to act after remembering the advice that his gym teacher had given his class.
Kimberly said to the Huff Post. “He said, ‘My health teacher said that when someone grabs their chest like that that I’m supposed to call 911,’”
“I thought, ‘You know what? I should probably listen to him, because he’s not normally so persistent.’”, she added.
If Kimberly hadn’t listened to her young son’s advice, she might never have woken up.
Kimberly went to her nearest walk-in clinic and after that she was transported to hospital where she was diagnosed pulmonary embolisms in both lungs by doctors. This is a result of a protein S deficiency which leads to an increased risk of blood clots.
Her son ended up saving her life, and Kimberly couldn’t be more grateful for Camdyn’s advice.
“It was the single most scary thing I’ve gone through. The thought of not being with my children is heart-wrenching,” she wrote on a GoFundMe page she set up to help pay for her medical bills.
“I really want to spread awareness about blood clots…My intention was to not ask for any help at all and to really stress to others to aware of what their body is saying,” she wrote on the page which raised almost $4,000 and is no longer taking donations.
Meanwhile, her son refused to leave his mother’s side during her recovery.
“I’m still getting teary-eyed about it. It warms my heart to know my children care for me so much,” she told HuffPost.
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